Analysis of Death of the Innocent
A child in innocent slumber
Kindling life's gentle flame.
No worries or cares to encumber,
No sin, fault or shame.
A baby so very young and small,
Its life depends on others.
An infant with no voice at all,
It must rely on it's mother's.
Hands that should have brought
It safely into the world have taken
The infant out with a knife.
The mother never thought
The death would leave her shaken
But now she carries the pain all her life.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFGEFG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01010010 101101 110111010 11111 010110101 1101110 11011111 11011110 11111 1100101110 0101101 010101 0111010 1111001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 421 |
Words | 82 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 340 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 82 |
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Submitted on November 23, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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